BROOMFIELD -- Illustrating the excitement Phish will be bringing to town, the Aloft Broomfield Denver hotel is already on the verge of renting out all of its 139 rooms for three nights in October.

On Tuesday, the jam-band giants' management company confirmed their 1stBank Center concert dates as Oct. 10-12. They will be the first three dates of a fall tour that the band will wrap up in Atlantic City on Halloween.

"We knew that once Phish was coming, we were going to get hit pretty hard," said Ryan Ikemeier, assistant general manger at Aloft Broomfield Denver. "Broomfield hasn't seen something like this."

Ikemeier said his hotel, the only one within walking distance of the 1stBank Center, has already planned to partner with New Belgium Brewing Co. on pre-show parties and to staff 24-hour security for the band's shows.

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He is predicting Phish to blow away the business generated by Grateful Dead reincarnation Furthur, who christened the renamed and remodeled 1stBank Center when it opened in March.

"In general terms, I think this is a great opportunity for the center to be showcased and show all the renovations," Broomfield City Councilman Todd Schumacher said. "Any chance we get to bring in big-name acts into the venue like this, we need to take them."

Phish -- who, according to speculation, were banned from playing Red Rocks for more than a decade because of unruly fans until returning to the venue in 2009 -- are coming off a pair of well-received shows in Telluride earlier this month. By all accounts, the concerts were smooth from a public-safety standpoint, and Schumacher, for his part, isn't worried.

"When I've been to Phish shows, they were no more unruly than any other concert from that genre," he said. "Broomfield has a way of getting these things done, and I have every confidence in our police department that they will be appropriately staffed and everything will go off without a hitch."

While Broomfield police could not be reached for comment Tuesday, North Metro Fire Rescue District spokeswoman Wendy Forbes said her department will address the Phish concerts the way it would any multiple-day event.

"It's fairly common for us to pre-plan events," she said. "As of right now, we don't have any plans for Phish, but that could change."

Goltz entered into a ticket lottery for the Broomfield shows on Phish's Web site Tuesday morning along with 6,500 other people.

Organizers estimate that the 1stBank Center will accommodate more than 5,000 Phish fans for each of the three nights, and -- if the Telluride shows are any indication -- tickets will run out fast when they officially go on sale at noon Sept. 11. Each ticket will include free MP3 downloads of the shows.

"Obviously, with a band of Phish's level, a tremendous amount of planning goes into all their tours, so this is something they have been planning for a long time," said Don Strasburg, who is promoting the shows for AEG. "People can look forward to three fantastic nights of entertainment from one of the world's best bands."

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